Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-26

eously paid to the City Collector by the b.
& o. r. X. Co., the same having been paid
to the Auditor of State. The proposition
passed.
Ordinance Relating to Committee CLERK
CONES UP AS UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The ordinance amending rule so of the
rules governing Council, which WAS intro
duced at the last meeting by Mr.. Stanley,
and objected to by Mr.. Picket at that time,
came up rs unfinished business, and was
read second time. As before explained,
the ordinance separates the office Of Clerk
of the First Branch and committee clerk,
and makes the latter officer elected in Joint
session, instead of by the First Branch
alone.
When the reading was concluded, Mr..
Cruise moved to commit the ordinance to
the Committee on Ordinances for report.
He thought it hardly the proper thing to
introduce such an important document at
the final meeting of Council.
Mr.. Stanley took the floor and explained
the scope of the paper, which had Origina-
ted with him. The ordinance fixed no
salary, aud Council could fix it to suit
itself, whereas the present rule fixed the
salary at 5000. He spoke at some length
in favor of the proposition, and said that
unless the ordinance was amended now, 1t
could not he changed for two years to
come, rs the salary of an official cOnnOt he
changed during his term of office.
Messrs. Cruise and Picket spoke long and
forcibly against the adoption OF the amend
ment. The latter gentleman argued that
if the offices were separated, the salary
of First Branch clerk would be so small as
to not warrant n man in taking it. He
also pointed out that the amendment
would create another Office, and 1t was
pretty certain that the aggregate OF the two
salaries would be more than the 5000 now
paid to one individual for doing all the
work.
Mr.. Stanley made another appeal for the
passage of his amendment, and after some
discussion the Clerk began to call the roll
on Mr.. Gruse's motion, when that gentle
man announced that he withdrew his mo-
ton.
The ordinance was then declared open
for amendment and debate, when Mr..
Picket moved that the Clerk of the First
Branch be er oticiO Committee Clerk, but
it was ruled out, and the debate was con-
tinued for half an hour, at the end of
which time Mr.. Picket moved to strike
out the enactlng clause.
The Chair ruled this out on the ground
that there was no enacting clause, and a
brief but very humorous discussion ensued
between the two. Finally Mr.. Picket
moved to reject, and on that motion the
ayes and nays were taken. The vote re-
suited: Ayes Messrs. Delbrugge, Cruise,
Harrell, Picket, Nockler, Weir, Weisger-
Der and Yahn-S. NoeS-MeSSrs. Butts,
Caldwell, Gilleland.,, Hildreth, Jaeger,
Jones, Miller, Mckinley, iScott, Schrebe,
STANLEY, Tracy, Waterhouse and Mr.. Pres
ident-l4.
The debate was then resumed. After
an interval Mr.. Harrell moved TO adjourn,
but Immediately withdrew the motion on
Mr.. Caldwell making further call for the
ayes and nays.
Mr.. Picket then moved an amendment
making it incumbent upon the Clerk of
the First Branch of Council to attend all
committee meetings.
Mr.. Caldwell here made short speech,
and Mr.. Delbrugge, who was leaning far
back in his chair, lost his balance and fell
over in the corner, upsetting his desk and
creating some little confusion.
Mr.. Picket made another speech, and then
his amendment was put and lost, ayes 8,
noes II.
The ordinance was read a third time,
and Mr.. Delbrugge moved TO adjourn.
Lost, ayes 3, noes 20.
The ordinance was then put upon its
passage, and the vote resulted: Ayes 10,
noes s. There not being two-thirds in
its favor the ordinance went over. That's
the end of il.